by Andrew Griffin | Aug 5, 2022 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
THE race to be crowned the 2022 Hampshire Order of Merit winner gathers pace when the Stoneham and Mike Smith Memorial trophies – which make up the Solent Salver – are held at Stoneham and Brokenhurst Manor respectively this weekend. The two 36-hole club opens...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 5, 2022 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
AFTER making his unexpected county debut in the heavy defeat against Surrey last weekend, James Atkins is convinced it has only made him more determined to play with the county’s top amateurs more often. The North Hants GC member answered an SOS from Hampshire captain...
by Andrew Griffin | May 16, 2022 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
STONEHAM’S James Freeman claimed his first men’s open title by winning Hockley’s Delhi Cup in the first Hampshire Order of Merit event of the season. And the two-time Hampshire Junior Champion had to fend off former England U16 international George Saunders and...
by Andrew Griffin | May 13, 2022 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit, Uncategorized
THE Hampshire Order of Merit gets under way on Saturday with the first qualifying event – the Delhi Cup at Hockley GC – which features four members of the Hampshire first-team that put Dorset to the sword at Liphook GC, on Sunday. County captain Neil Dawson is in the...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 7, 2021 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
HAYLING’S Toby Burden became the first player ever to claim the treble by winning the Courage Trophy, Cole Scuttle and the Hampshire Order of Merit in one go. Victory by a shot over Rowlands Castle’s Darren Wright and Stoneham’s Ryan Moody – denying the latter the...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 4, 2021 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
TOBY Burden can point to his fair share of bad luck since the COVID pandemic hit golf nearly 18 months ago. He has been beaten by a birdie on the 18th in the last two finals of the Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur Championship. But in 2020, defeat...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 3, 2021 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
ONLY three players have won the Courage Trophy back-to-back in its 59-year history. But Stoneham’s Ryan Moody knows if he can retain the Hampshire strokeplay title he won 12 months ago on his home course, greater glory probably awaits. For the 30-year-old Southampton...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 10, 2021 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
DESPITE a lowly finish by his standards in the Mike Smith Memorial Trophy, where he had to settle for ninth, Martin Young went on to claim the Stoneham Trophy 24 hours later. Young blew away most of the field with a first round 67, having got to the turn in six-under...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 10, 2021 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
THE worst of the summer weather could not spoil the 30th anniversary of the Mike Smith Memorial Trophy – as former county champion Stuart Archibald held on for an emotional win at Brokenhurst Manor, on Saturday. The New Forest club renamed the Brokenhurst Bowl in...
